Special Bargains On City Lots And Farms Sealed For Quick Action
Five sale items include a 83 room Main street house for 450 dollars and 36 acres within city limits offered at any price. Two 4 room houses on 2 acres to be sold regardless of price. A 9 room repairable house with barns garden and well described as a swell place at the right price. Agents offer maps and plats from official records and urge buyers to consult Bryan weekly papers for farm lists.
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Bryan
Deed of Dastard Shoots Young Couple in Doorway
Florence Louisiana March 16 Lee Stewart and Miso Willie Davis stand in doorway when ambushed by unknown man Stewart dies later and Davis is fatally wounded Roach a local clerk is held for investigation Perry Oklahoma March 16 Jim Mayberry wins $750 against Yates Bros claim involves fever tick cattle allegedly from Texas
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Florence
Lee Stewart
Miso Willie Davis
Stewart
David Roach
Perry
Okla
Jim Mayberry
Yates Bros
Gattle
Texas
Republicans Back Statehood Bill In House Caucus Vote
Washington March 16 by a vote of 126 to 36 the Republican caucus of the house voted to stand by the house statehood bill.
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Washington
House
Hyomei Offered as Cure for Catarrh
Hyomei inhaler delivers balsamic medicine to nose and throat killing germs and healing membranes. Claimed to be simplest and only guaranteed cure for catarrh with complete outfit priced at 81.00 and extra bottle 50 cents, sold by E. J. Jenkins.
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E. J. Jenkins
Shackelford Attacks Speaker Cannon Over Statehood Bill
In the House on Friday Mr. Shackelford of Missouri criticized Speaker Cannon over the statehood bill. He charged Cannon with power over committee reports and accused him of despotism, saying the house and Oklahoma’s destiny were at stake if leadership would not yield to reform.
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Shackelford
Missouri
Cannon
Washington
Bronson
Speaker
Oklahoma
Paid to Wait
New York dispatch recounts Captain David Van Horn sending home over $7,000 for demurrage after the bark Helen A. Wyman, carrying hay to German authorities at Luderitz Bay, waited 52 days amid wartime traffic and German activity in Southwest Africa. The vessel arrived with mahogany cargo, the first American ship in competition with French trade.
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New York
David van Horn
Africa
Helen A. Wyman
Rosario
Luderitz Bay
Vanhorn
Jokers in Demand as Rail Work Demands Boom
Chicago March 16 Western railroad expansion faces a labor famine with twenty five thousand workers needed in Northwestern and Southwestern states. By June 1 estimates rise to more than twice that figure as contractor crews race to resume and accelerate rail construction. Open winter allows earlier starts and wages of two to two fifty dollars daily lure unskilled labor from the East to the Western Pacific line toward southern California.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Western Pacific
Southern California
Fire destroys three story building in Chinatown area
Fire at 50-04 Customhouse court in Chicago damaged a three story Paper Mills Supply building and threatened nearby homes. The blaze caused more than 50000 dollars in damage and forced residents on Customhouse court to flee, with Italians on the east side fleeing with belongings as the rear of the burning structure abutted their homes.
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Chicago
Customhouse Court
Paper Mills Supply Company
Chinatown
Clarkstree
Albers Returns After Nicaragua Prison Term
William Albers, an American, released from a Nicaragua prison on January 17 after serving months for insulting President Zelaya, arrived in Boston on March 16. He met his attorney and planned further steps in the matter.
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Nicaragua
Boston
William §. Albers
Zelaya
Thompson Hanged In Jailyard After Courtroom Plan Fails
In Madisonville Kentucky on March 16 Garth Thompson convicted of the murder of William Brame was hanged not in court as expected but in the rear of the county jail due to a conflict between local and county authorities. Also Austin reports Dr J A Florence acting health officer has gone to New Orleans to investigate a suspected yellow fever case.
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Madisonville
Garth Thompson
William Brame
New Orleans
Austin
J. A. Florence
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Joe B. Reed
Joe Groginsky
J.S. Ford
Gentry
DR. C. F. Andrews
Jenkins’ Drug Store
W C. Fountain
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DeWitt's
Witch Hazel
Ljiscreob
E.C. DeWitt & Co
Emmel & Malony
City of
C. M. Spell
R. A. Harrison
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s
W. H. Lawrence
Haswell’s
Monroe Edge
Myers’ Hardware Store
L&gn RR
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Texas Railroad
Palestine, Texas
Scrofuline
Anda
Smith Drug Co
Kauble
Nevada
Labwite Ba
Sherman
Tucker's
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Albers
Thompson
W. T. Ford
John Witman
John Wittman
Merchant Tailse
Southwestern Life Insurance Co
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Texas Comany
Friend-In-Nead Society
Jor B. Reard
Just
Haswell’s Book Store
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Joo. A. Moore Jr
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Waco
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